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Fri, 24 May 2013 03:39:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/survivor-of-crash-that-killed-football-players-says-he-considered-suicide/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/survivor-of-crash-that-killed-football-players-says-he-considered-suicide/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:05:12 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=354483 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/survivor-of-crash-that-killed-football-players-says-he-considered-suicide/feed/ 0 GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – Zach Judd often thinks about suicide since a car crash... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/techno-mccarthyism-and-the-death-of-aaron-swartz/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/techno-mccarthyism-and-the-death-of-aaron-swartz/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:26:46 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336771 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/techno-mccarthyism-and-the-death-of-aaron-swartz/feed/ 0 Internet idealist fell victim to a misguided war over information http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/the-broken-generation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/the-broken-generation/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:27:01 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=287203 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/the-broken-generation/feed/ 0 Why so many of our best and brightest students report feeling hopeless, depressed, even suicidal http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/the-final-leap-suicide-on-the-golden-gate-bridge-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/the-final-leap-suicide-on-the-golden-gate-bridge-2/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:58:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=255009 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/the-final-leap-suicide-on-the-golden-gate-bridge-2/feed/ 0 Book by John Bateson http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/05/autoportrait-a-memoir-edouard-leve-style/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/05/autoportrait-a-memoir-edouard-leve-style/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:47:48 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=250381 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/05/autoportrait-a-memoir-edouard-leve-style/feed/ 0 The late French author's penultimate book, newly translated, makes for compulsive reading http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/30/canada-home-to-the-suicide-capital-of-the-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/30/canada-home-to-the-suicide-capital-of-the-world/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:06:01 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248870 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/30/canada-home-to-the-suicide-capital-of-the-world/feed/ 0 In Pikangikum, gas sniffing is rampant and young people are taking their own lives at a shocking rate. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/how-to-spin/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/how-to-spin/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238426 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/how-to-spin/feed/ 0 Last week, the NDP criticized Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu after Mr. Boisvenu suggested convicted... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/give-them-a-rope/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/give-them-a-rope/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:14:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236992 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/give-them-a-rope/feed/ 0 The Conservative senator seemingly has some ideas on reducing prison expenses http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/not-to-be-forgotten/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/not-to-be-forgotten/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:34:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225960 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/not-to-be-forgotten/feed/ 0 An ad hoc committee of Conservative, New Democrat and Liberal MPs has released an... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/human-steps/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/human-steps/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:59:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222876 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/human-steps/feed/ 1 Bob Rae talks about his experience with mental illness. The recent debate in the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/if-we-dont-start-talking-about-it-nothing-will-change/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/if-we-dont-start-talking-about-it-nothing-will-change/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:45:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218853 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/if-we-dont-start-talking-about-it-nothing-will-change/feed/ 0 Tuesday night the House overwhelmingly passed the Liberal motion calling for a national suicide... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/review-seppuku-a-history-of-samurai-suicide/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/review-seppuku-a-history-of-samurai-suicide/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:45:35 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217788 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/review-seppuku-a-history-of-samurai-suicide/feed/ 0 Book by Andrew Rankin http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/it-is-now-a-political-question/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/it-is-now-a-political-question/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:01:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218593 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/it-is-now-a-political-question/feed/ 43 The Liberals used their opposition day to move a motion calling on the government... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/why-its-time-to-retire-the-enforcer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/why-its-time-to-retire-the-enforcer/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:15:39 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213664 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/why-its-time-to-retire-the-enforcer/feed/ 6 The NHL enforcer’s career is nasty, brutish, and often short http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/wade-belaks-final-hours/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/wade-belaks-final-hours/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:00:31 +0000 Charlie Gillis http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/wade-belaks-final-hours/feed/ 17 The night before he was found dead of a suspected suicide, the former NHL enforcer was out on the town and in good spirits http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/on-suicide-watch-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/on-suicide-watch-2/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:15:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199713 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/on-suicide-watch-2/feed/ 0 A government agency is taking on superstitious cults with unusual zeal http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/good-news-bad-news-june-23-%e2%80%93-30-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/good-news-bad-news-june-23-%e2%80%93-30-2011/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:00:10 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199816 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/good-news-bad-news-june-23-%e2%80%93-30-2011/feed/ 0 Winnipeg gets its Jets back, while Greece gets its back up http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/happy-places-have-highest-suicide-rates-study/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/happy-places-have-highest-suicide-rates-study/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:08:17 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=186934 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/happy-places-have-highest-suicide-rates-study/feed/ 5 Being around happy people could make depressed feel worse http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/suicide-rate-in-work-force-tied-to-economy-study-shows/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/suicide-rate-in-work-force-tied-to-economy-study-shows/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:42:36 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=184782 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/suicide-rate-in-work-force-tied-to-economy-study-shows/feed/ 2 Rate has followed the economy since the Great Depression http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/faster-pussycat-kill-kill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/faster-pussycat-kill-kill/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:00:46 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=152407 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/21/faster-pussycat-kill-kill/feed/ 0 A parasite linked to cats can make people reckless, aggressive, even suicidal http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/canadas-shame/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/canadas-shame/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:30:38 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=152201 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/canadas-shame/feed/ 0 Maclean’s third annual crime surveys shows an epidemic of violence in the North. Forget Arctic sovereignty. This is the problem that needs attention. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/your-movies-finally-here-tyler/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/your-movies-finally-here-tyler/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:20:38 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149414 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/your-movies-finally-here-tyler/feed/ 0 A non-native filmmaker describes what it was like making a documentary on a native reserve http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/the-hurting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/the-hurting/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:40:34 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=134667 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/the-hurting/feed/ 17 Award-winning novelist Joseph Boyden on the link between residential schools and the devastation of native suicide http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/16/the-commons-this-is-not-an-easy-issue/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/16/the-commons-this-is-not-an-easy-issue/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:50:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=115994 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/16/the-commons-this-is-not-an-easy-issue/feed/ 70 Francine Lalonde: "We should not refuse them the right to die with dignity" http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/07/the-crying-on-the-inside-kind-i-guess/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/07/the-crying-on-the-inside-kind-i-guess/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:24:04 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=100176 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/07/the-crying-on-the-inside-kind-i-guess/feed/ 20 After years of battling addiction on-air, Howard Stern Show writer/performer (and, in a very... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/94458/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/94458/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:40:13 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94458 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/94458/feed/ 11 Nadia Kajouji discussed killing herself in a Web chat room http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/i%e2%80%99m-hearing-a-lot-about-loneliness/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/i%e2%80%99m-hearing-a-lot-about-loneliness/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:00:20 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94293 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/i%e2%80%99m-hearing-a-lot-about-loneliness/feed/ 8 Daul Kim, 20, had lots of friends and was hugely successful. Still, she felt ‘like a ghost.’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/suicide-spree-hits-france-telecom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/suicide-spree-hits-france-telecom/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:20:36 +0000 Rachel Mendleson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=87305 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/suicide-spree-hits-france-telecom/feed/ 4 In the past 20 months, 24 employees have killed themselves http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/11/a-family-mystery-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/11/a-family-mystery-2/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:19:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=75194 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/11/a-family-mystery-2/feed/ 21 Last month, Lawrence Martin wrote about Stephen Harper’s grandfather and the possibility that Harris... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/23/bc-tries-to-stop-lions-gate-suicides/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/23/bc-tries-to-stop-lions-gate-suicides/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:40:00 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=2996 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/23/bc-tries-to-stop-lions-gate-suicides/feed/ 13 Lions Gate is getting phones; the Golden Gate is getting a net http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/25/who-will-give-in-to-despair-is-a-mystery/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/25/who-will-give-in-to-despair-is-a-mystery/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=2037 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/25/who-will-give-in-to-despair-is-a-mystery/feed/ 10 Before jumping inexplicably to her death, she had expressed only joy with her life http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/12/market-crash-exacts-a-toll-in-suicides/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/12/market-crash-exacts-a-toll-in-suicides/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000 Jason Kirby http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=1314 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/12/market-crash-exacts-a-toll-in-suicides/feed/ 8 The fall of Wall Street has claimed six lives already